Supply Chain Management Blog

Since being founded in 2006, the company Supply Chain Media has generated a wealth of strategic yet practical knowledge by interviewing numerous supply chain directors, senior executives and managers. We share the resulting insights in print and digitally (for tablets) in our Dutch-language publication Supply Chain Magazine and in the English-language Supply Chain Movement, our magazine with a unique European focus. As firm believers in ‘less is more’, we don’t overwhelm our readership

An organization is only as good as its weakest link – that is, the weakest link in its supply chain. This is why many businesses are doing away with the old top-down, fragmented approaches to supply chain management that no longer work in today’s global, 24/7 economy. Instead, they are taking a more fully integrated approach that is carefully synchronized with stakeholders up and down the supply network.

The mission of Supply Chain Canada is to communicate to the members of the Supply Chain Management Association timely and engaging topics affecting supply chain management professionals to promote current best practices. Researched, intelligent and forward-thinking editorial features will provide readers with insight, analysis and continued education to better serve their organizations and to execute the association’s goal of building leadership in supply chain management.

One of the biggest values delivered by the eCommerce companies is the last-mile connectivity. The term last-mile connectivity refers to the movement of products from a fulfilment centre or delivery hub to the end consumer. Last-mile connectivity established by the eCommerce companies introduced a lot of convenience to the customer, but at the same time posed many challenges.

Not very long ago, in the early 90’s, I was working for a large engineering firm in Chennai. I played multiple hats such as Layout Designer, Coordination with PPC and Inventory Management. Once in a year, that is during the first week of April the whole factory comes to a halt for couple of days. It is not that we didn’t had orders, but it was for inventory counting.

Predictive shipment refers to shipping products to your customers even before they have placed the order to you. I would say even the customers have not realised the need for the product or made any purchase decision. This is made possible with the advancement in the business analytics.

Association For Supply Chain Management (ASCM), USA

Certified Supply Chain Certification Program popularly known as CSCP from APICS, USA aids an individual to prepare and showcase ones knowledge and skills in the supply chain operations of an organization.

Certified in Logistics, Transportation and Distribution (CLTD) certifications aims at providing in depth know-how to become a recognized authority in the fields of logistics management, transportation & distribution.

About IISCM

IISCM is a unit of Fhyzics Business Consultants Private Limited. Institute for Integrated Supply Chain Management offers consulting and training in the area of supply chain, transportation, logistics, warehousing and inventory management.